Lent & Easter

Stephen Cottrell brings home, vividly and poignantly, the physical reality of the passion story. The narrative of Holy Week is powerful and painful, and because we know how the story...

Look with fresh eyes toward the Bible stories you have heard all your life. Contemplate, ponder, and glory at Jesus' final days on earth, his heart-wrenching death, and marvelous resurrection...

Lent for Everyone: Mark, Year B provides readers with a gentle guide through the Lenten season, from Ash Wednesday through the week after Easter. Popular biblical scholar and author N. T....

When we are initiated into the church with the water of baptism, we (or our sponsors) answer a series of questions called the Baptismal Covenant. The first three questions echo...

Clarify your true hungers--and nourish your soul. Fasting is not just the physical practice of giving up food. Fasting can also be a way to combat our culture of endless...

"The Via Crucis, "The path for all to the cross," by Clarence Enzler is a fine model for one of the most popular traditions. This version of the Stations of...

2025 Bishop's Institute Lenten Recommended Book This hugely heartening book on hope will galvanize readers into looking at the world and the challenges we're facing in a new way. It...

Think, pray, and reflect through the stories of Jesus' life, death, and resurrection. In this volume, N. T. Wright guides you on a journey through the Gospels and Scripture, compiling...

Together in one special volume, selections from the best of beloved bestselling author C. S. Lewis's classic works for readers contemplating the "grand miracle" of Jesus's resurrection. Preparing for Easter is...

In "The Nail," key witnesses describe Christ's crucifixion from their points of view. Each character considers the part he or she played in hammering the nails into Jesus. We learn...

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentance and fasting in preparation for Holy Week. It's an invitation to turn away from our...

Are we healed through our wounds or are our wounds themselves healed from some other source?In this 2025 Lent Book, Erik Varden starts by examining the New Testament where it spells...

'Wonderful'JUSTIN WELBY 'Tarry Awhile... is one of the most profound and beautifully written Lent books that I have ever read.'CHURCH TIMES Tarry here and watch with me . . ....

Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel...

A Lenten devotional written from an eco-feminist perspective   Rather than classical penitence, this book emphasizes intercession, solidarity, and preparation. Its aim is to help readers learn to view the...

Swamy reminds us constantly that true reconciliation is a journey into otherness' JUSTIN WELBY Global in scope but homing in on the role ordinary people play in conflict and division, Reconciliation (The...

A Lenten reader to awaken your spirit, and help you encounter anew the richly woven fabric of the story of Jesus's Passion. Twenty-five profound meditations accompanied by beautiful illustrations--like a...

Spiritually hungry readers who want to breakthrough to a deeper experience of prayer and want practical help for Lent need look no further than to Martin Smith's A Season for the...

Packed with riches yet highly accessible, The Heart's Time is at its core a series of short, resonant poems for each weekday of Lent and Easter.It will appeal to existing...